jácara
[ˈxakaɾa]
The verdict
“jácara” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Romance alegre en que por lo regular se cuentan hechos de la vida airada.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jácara |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈxakaɾa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jácara” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for jácara is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈxakaɾa]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for jácara in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is jácara, spelled J-Á-C-A-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Romance alegre en que por lo regular se cuentan hechos de la vida airada.
- 2Canción de origen árabe, que se acompañaba con instrumentos y se interpretaba en los entreactos de una función de teatro, alternando con números de baile.
- 3Especie de danza, formada al tañido, o son propio de la jácara.
- 4La junta de mozuelos, y gente alegre, que de noche anda metiendo ruido, y cantando por las calles.
- 5Enojo, furia.
- 6Discurso largo y poco sustancial, generalmente con el objeto de ocultar información importante.
- 7Embuste.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “jácara”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is J-Á-C-A-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈxakaɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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